2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Race 6 of 22[a] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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The course runs anti-clockwise and has twenty corners. The pit lane is located on the left hand side of the track, adjacent to the start/finish line, with the entrance roughly half-way between the last and first corners and the exit located after the first turn.
Layout of the Baku City Circuit
Race details[4]
Date 6 June 2021
Official name Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2021
Location Baku City Circuit
Baku, Azerbaijan
Course Street circuit
Course length 6.003 km (3.730 miles)
Distance 51 laps, 306.049 km (190.170 miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 0[b]
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:41.218
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time 1:44.481 on lap 44
Podium
First
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Second
Aston Martin-Mercedes
Third
AlphaTauri-Honda
Lap leaders

The 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2021) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 June 2021 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The race, the sixth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship, marked the fourth running of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and the fifth time the country had hosted a Grand Prix, having also held the 2016 European Grand Prix.

Both championship contenders, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, experienced problems during the 51-lap race; Verstappen retired due to a high-speed tyre blowout, while Hamilton made a severe error at the resultant restart. Their troubles cleared the way for Sergio Pérez, Verstappen's teammate, to win his second Grand Prix, following his victory at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel took second place for his only podium with Aston Martin, and the final podium finish of his career, while Pierre Gasly claimed third place for AlphaTauri, and the final podium finish of Scuderia AlphaTauri to date before being rebranded to Visa Cash App RB. After the race, tyre supplier Pirelli launched an investigation into the tyre failures which ended the races of Verstappen and Lance Stroll.

As of 2024, Vettel's podium remains the most recent achieved by a German driver in Formula One.

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  2. ^ Benson, Andrew (4 June 2021). "Singapore Grand Prix cancelled as Formula 1 bosses assess replacement options". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ Benson, Andrew (25 June 2021). "Formula 1: Turkey to replace Singapore on calendar". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. ^ Luke Smith (5 March 2021). "Baku F1 race to take place behind closed doors in June". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 June 2021.


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